Camorra

(kə môrə)

noun

  1. a secret society organized in Naples, Italy, c. 1820, which became notorious for terror, blackmail, and violence
  2. any secret society like this

Origin: It < ? Sp, quarrel, dispute < ?

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See Camorra in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A Neapolitan secret society organized about 1820, notorious for practicing violence and blackmail.
  2. camorra An unscrupulous, clandestine group.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , perhaps from camorra, a kind of smock, said to have been worn by members of the society

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